"I left Colston’s in 2005 knowing I wanted to pursue a career in business, but not quite knowing where that journey would take me. I applied for International Business at Warwick, based purely on the premise that I had studied French and Spanish at Colston’s, and wanted to travel with work. During my studies, I discovered a passion for creativity, developing products, and technology, and decided to pursue a career in marketing.

At 22, I joined Reckitt Benckiser on the Marketing Graduate Scheme. Far from the glamour of international travel and technology, I became a Brand Manager for metal polishes and window cleaners, living in the illustrious Slough! However, RB gave me a great platform to hone my marketing skills, and an opportunity I didn’t see coming.

In my first year at RB, I discovered that my brand Brasso, a metal polish with no product innovation for more than 100 years, was almost perfectly suited to cleaning electrical products like smartphones and TVs. I spent a few months tinkering with the idea, talking to designers, and exploring R&D options for the product. I then presented the idea of Brasso Gadget Care to my manager. Initially sceptical, I eventually won over my leadership team by designing a new product, sourcing packaging in Indonesia and a new formula in Brazil in my own time, with budget I had to beg, borrow and steal for. Within 6 months, I had the product on shelves in Boots, Tesco and Asda.

At a national marketing conference 6 months later, my General Manager at RB told the success story of the product, and the young marketing graduate behind it. By chance, a Google Marketing VP was in the audience. The next day I received a phone call, and the rest is history.

I started at Google in London in 2011, where I worked on Search and Maps marketing for a year, before moving to Tokyo where I spent another great year looking after Google+ for Asia. In 2012, I moved to Singapore. Having spent a year marketing Google+, I became Head of Social Marketing for Google in Asia